Archive for February, 2008

Not all fun and games

February 24th, 2008

Alright, it’s hard for me to write a sad story about flying without someone dying. But.. yeah.
I just got out of my first simulator lesson. I swear, if the training doesn’t get me, my body will. I’m in the simulator from midnight till 4 a.m. for the next two weeks - this is the […]

Looking back on the Concorde

February 22nd, 2008

WSJ.com
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years; this last flight was 24 October 2003… What a remarkable aircraft.

“This is the captain speaking. The left wing is not on fire. I repeat, the left wing is not on fire…

February 13th, 2008

I was just riding the elevator down to the hotel lobby for a cup of coffee and ran into Roosterville, one of my friends from indoc class. Roosterville is in his fifties and has a lot on his plate: in addition to the training we’re working through, he’s got a son headed to Iraq.
As […]